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Re:California's San Bernardino County restricts construction... by JKCalhoun on Friday March 01, 2019 @12:28AM (#19278157)
> Ivanpah Solar Power Facility

Blew my mind when I drove past that (on the way to Las Vegas?).

I swear it appeared as though the air was incandescing at the top of the tower where all the sun's rays were focused. Def something out of a Sci-Fi film....

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Re:California's San Bernardino County restricts construction... by almost_usual on Friday March 01, 2019 @12:39AM (#19278189)
You truly don’t understand how blinding it is until you drive past it. I didn’t realize it was in San Bernardino.

I saw it driving from Las Vegas to SF. Remember it being near Zzyzx which reminded me of Sonic Youth music video.

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Re:California's San Bernardino County restricts construction... by dr01d on Friday March 01, 2019 @01:13AM (#19278354)
Birds literally burst into flames in the air.
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Re:California's San Bernardino County restricts construction... by ktsmith on Friday March 01, 2019 @01:44PM (#19283974)
There's the Crescent Dunes Solar Plant outside of Tonopah, NV which is also on the way to Las Vegas. It's further away from the road I believe but it's equally as blinding. The first time I drove past it I was shocked.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crescent_Dunes_Solar_Energy_Pr...

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Re:California's San Bernardino County restricts construction... by samstokes on Friday March 01, 2019 @01:44AM (#19278458)
The glowing tower contains molten salt, used to store the focused solar energy. [1] I never knew that was a thing until I too drove past it. It was one of the more memorable sights on a 3000 mile road trip.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_thermal_energy#Molten_...

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Re:California's San Bernardino County restricts construction... by pmikesell on Friday March 01, 2019 @02:14AM (#19278553)
Ivanpah uses water, not salts:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivanpah_Solar_Power_Facility

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Re:California's San Bernardino County restricts construction... by tzakrajs on Friday March 01, 2019 @04:34AM (#19279063)
Or perhaps Fallout: New Vegas....
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Re:California's San Bernardino County restricts construction... by gmueckl on Friday March 01, 2019 @12:48AM (#19278236)
Definitely. Unfortunately I was driving by in heavy traffic (memorial day weekend rush to Las Vegas) or I would have slowed to find a safe spot to stop and take that sight in.
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